servus poenae

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

servus (“slave”) + genitive singular poena (“punishment”)

Pronunciation

Noun

servus poenae m (genitive servī poenae); second declension

  1. penal slave, a man sentenced to slavery for a crime

Declension

Second-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative servus poenae servī poenae
Genitive servī poenae servōrum poenae
Dative servō poenae servīs poenae
Accusative servum poenae servōs poenae
Ablative servō poenae servīs poenae
Vocative serve poenae servī poenae

References

  • “servus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • SERVI POENAE in Rodriguez, Junius P., ed. The historical encyclopedia of world slavery. Vol. 2. ABC-CLIO, 1997, 577.
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